Who is your sporting hero??

[Jocwa08]

Matty Bowen

 

[tuftman]

Michael Milton- Lost a leg to bone cancer at age 9, was a winter paralympian by age 14. Then beat oesophagul cancer in 2007 to compete at the Beijing summer paralympics as a cyclist. Holds the Australian record for the fastest man on skis at 213.54km/h. He has 6 gold 2 silver and 2 bronze medals from 5 winter paralympics.

Louise Sauvage- Arguably the most well-known disabled athlete in Australia. 9 Paralympic and 2 Olympic gold medals, 4 silver Paralympic medals and a silver at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

Kurt Fearnley- Long distance wheelchair athlete, best known for the marathon. 3 golds, 5 silvers and a bronze medal from Paralympics to his credit. In 2007 he won 10 of 11 marathons he started in.

Lance Armstrong also comes into this category for overcoming near terminal cancer, and his achievements are well documented

These athletes are just examples that I could think of from the top of my head, I'm sure there are many many more someone could come up with.

 

[Gibbsy]

Andrew Symonds....rofl

 

[Redline]

Andrew Symonds....rofl

If I was into fishing, he would be my role model.

 

[Part_Timer]

Andrew Symonds....rofl

If I was into fishing, he would be my role model.

what about kin mrdja he is right into fishing

 

[Gav...]

Mine would have to be AFL Player Jason McCartney.

I dont know if many of you know about this man but he is a inspiration to mankind. I have read his book that he wrote with Ben Collins about his extraordinary journey from being in the Bali Bombings to Comeback and play one final game in the AFL.

But that night in Melbourne when he returned to play his final game of AFL is probably the most emotional night in Australian Sportng History.

I will always admire the courage and inspiration this man had and as John Howard said to Jason  " Millions of People Admire your Guts"

 

[sydmariner]

How can anyone go past Lance Armstrong. The man is just so inspirational and all his achievements were with one nut... RESPECT!

WTF an absolute joke & huge big fraud

 

[midfielder]

WTF an absolute joke & huge big fraud

The post was made in 2009....

 

[Atomic]

It's easy to be "holier than thou" with the benefit of hindsight.

 

[true believer]

goal a game Arnold.